diff --git a/src/main/frontend/common/components/status-icon.tsx b/src/main/frontend/common/components/status-icon.tsx
index c7b7aeb9c..666fef5fd 100644
--- a/src/main/frontend/common/components/status-icon.tsx
+++ b/src/main/frontend/common/components/status-icon.tsx
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ export function resultToColor(result: Result, skeleton: boolean | undefined) {
       return "jenkins-!-accent-color";
     case "unstable":
       return "jenkins-!-warning-color";
+    case "paused":
+      return "jenkins-!-accent-color";
     default:
       return "jenkins-!-skipped-color";
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApi.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApi.java
index a3c24412e..5962e625d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApi.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graphanalysis.DepthFirstScanner;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.input.InputAction;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -67,6 +68,17 @@ private PipelineGraph createTree(PipelineGraphBuilderApi builder) {
         // these are completely new representations.
         List<PipelineStageInternal> stages = getPipelineNodes(builder);
 
+        // Get InputAction once for all stages
+        InputAction inputAction = run.getAction(InputAction.class);
+
+        // Set the builder and inputAction on each stage so they can check for paused steps
+        if (builder instanceof PipelineStepBuilderApi stepBuilder) {
+            stages.forEach(stage -> {
+                stage.setBuilder(stepBuilder);
+                stage.setInputAction(inputAction);
+            });
+        }
+
         // id => stage
         Map<String, PipelineStageInternal> stageMap = stages.stream()
                 .collect(Collectors.toMap(
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineStageInternal.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineStageInternal.java
index 9c7eae53c..fe217e254 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineStageInternal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineStageInternal.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import io.jenkins.plugins.pipelinegraphview.analysis.TimingInfo;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.input.InputAction;
 
 class PipelineStageInternal {
 
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ class PipelineStageInternal {
     private boolean synthetic;
     private TimingInfo timingInfo;
     private String agent;
+    private PipelineStepBuilderApi builder;
+    private InputAction inputAction;
 
     public PipelineStageInternal(
             String id,
@@ -113,12 +116,60 @@ public void setAgent(String aAgent) {
         this.agent = aAgent;
     }
 
+    public void setBuilder(PipelineStepBuilderApi builder) {
+        this.builder = builder;
+    }
+
+    public void setInputAction(InputAction inputAction) {
+        this.inputAction = inputAction;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks if this stage or any of its children are waiting for input.
+     * A stage is waiting for input if any of its steps have a non-null inputStep
+     * and the step state is PAUSED.
+     * Only performs the check if there is an InputAction attached to the WorkflowRun.
+     */
+    private boolean isWaitingForInput(List<PipelineStage> children) {
+        // Early exit if there's no InputAction on the run
+        if (inputAction == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Check if any child stages are waiting for input
+        if (children != null && !children.isEmpty()) {
+            for (PipelineStage child : children) {
+                if (child.state == PipelineState.PAUSED) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Check steps for this stage
+        if (builder != null && id != null) {
+            List<FlowNodeWrapper> steps = builder.getStageSteps(id);
+            if (steps != null) {
+                for (FlowNodeWrapper step : steps) {
+                    // Check if step has an input and is paused
+                    if (step.getInputStep() != null && step.getStatus().state == BlueRun.BlueRunState.PAUSED) {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     public PipelineStage toPipelineStage(List<PipelineStage> children, String runUrl) {
+        boolean waitingForInput = isWaitingForInput(children);
+        PipelineState effectiveState = waitingForInput ? PipelineState.PAUSED : state;
+
         return new PipelineStage(
                 id,
                 name,
                 children,
-                state,
+                effectiveState,
                 type.name(),
                 title,
                 seqContainerName,
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApiTest.java b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApiTest.java
index 114e62bd1..336345d17 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApiTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/jenkins/plugins/pipelinegraphview/utils/PipelineGraphApiTest.java
@@ -532,4 +532,43 @@ void createTree_branchResult() throws Exception {
                         "unstable-branch{unstable}",
                         "]")));
     }
+
+    @Issue("GH#967")
+    @Test
+    void createTree_stageWithInputStepShowsAsPaused() throws Exception {
+        WorkflowJob job = TestUtils.createJob(j, "pipelineWithInput", "input.jenkinsfile");
+        QueueTaskFuture<WorkflowRun> futureRun = job.scheduleBuild2(0);
+        WorkflowRun run = futureRun.waitForStart();
+
+        // Wait for the input action to be available and have executions
+        org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.input.InputAction inputAction = null;
+        while (inputAction == null || inputAction.getExecutions().isEmpty()) {
+            inputAction = run.getAction(org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.input.InputAction.class);
+            Thread.sleep(100);
+        }
+
+        // Wait a bit more for the pause to be registered
+        Thread.sleep(500);
+
+        // Check the graph while paused on input
+        PipelineGraphApi api = new PipelineGraphApi(run);
+        PipelineGraph graph = api.createTree();
+
+        // Find the stage with input
+        PipelineStage inputStage = graph.stages.stream()
+                .filter(s -> s.name.equals("Input"))
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElseThrow();
+
+        // Verify it shows as PAUSED
+        assertThat(inputStage.state, equalTo(PipelineState.PAUSED));
+
+        // Approve the input and wait for completion
+        org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.input.InputStepExecution execution =
+                inputAction.getExecutions().get(0);
+        execution.proceed(null);
+        j.waitForCompletion(run);
+
+        assertThat(run.getResult(), equalTo(Result.SUCCESS));
+    }
 }